page_title: University of Massachusetts
section_title: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
hierarchical_section_title: University of Massachusetts / Campuses / University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
caption_attribution_description: English: The Claire T. Carney Library
context_page_description: The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses, and a satellite campus, with system administration in Boston and Shrewsbury. The system is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and across its campuses enrolls 73,000 students.
context_section_description: Located in southeastern Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth started in 1895 as the New Bedford Textile School, the Bradford Durfee Textile School, and later Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU). UMass Dartmouth offers a wide array of programs in accounting, finance, management information systems, operations management and marketing, all of which are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. UMass Dartmouth has top ranking engineering and nursing programs.
  In addition to the 710-acre (2.9 km²) UMass Dartmouth main campus is, satellite campuses are located throughout the SouthCoast.
  With 7,982 undergraduate students and 65 degree programs, the campus has a student-to-faculty ratio of 18:1 in its College of Arts & Sciences; Charlton College of Business; College of Engineering; College of Nursing; College of Visual and Performing Arts; School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement; and the School for Marine Science and Technology. The University hosts internships, undergraduate research opportunities, and service learning experiences, as well as an Honors Program.
  More than 100 student organizations and 25 NCAA Division III athletic teams provide a strong community beyond the classroom. The buildings of the campus were designed by internationally renowned Modernist architect Paul Rudolph.  Dr. Robert E. Johnson is the Chancellor of the UMass Dartmouth campus.
  The University of Massachusetts School of Law was opened in September 2010 three miles from the Dartmouth campus.
caption: The Claire T. Carney Library
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